The test of success is not ...

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
 George S. Patton

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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